vt,vi tazamia; tarajia when do you ~ him mnamtazamia lini? we were ~ing some money from him tulitarajia kupata fedha kutoka kwake I ~ not sitegemei. I ~ so natumaini. (of woman)be ~ing (a baby) wa mja mzito. expectancyn kungojea, matazamio; matarajio; mategemeo. state of ~ancyn hali ya matazamio. life ~ancyn matarajio ya muda wa kuishi. expectantadj -a kungojea an ~ ant mother mja mzito n(candidate) mgombea. expectantlyadv. expectedadj - liotarajiwa. ~ed incomen mapato yanayotarajiwa. expectationn 1 mategemeo; matarajio. contrary to ~ations kinyume cha matarajio. fall short of/not come up to one's ~ations kuwa pungufu ya matarajio. 2 (pl) matazamio ya urithi. expectativeadj -a kutazamiwa.